A Decision Support System for Effective Scheduling in an F-16 Pilot Training Squadron

Abstract

Scheduling of flights for a flight training squadron involves the coordination of time and resources in a dynamic environment. The generation of a daily flight schedule (DFS) requires the proper coordination of resources within established time windows, This research provides a decision support tool to assist in the generation of the DFS. Three different priority rules are investigated for determining an initial ordering of flights and a shifting bottleneck heuristic is used to establish a candidate DFS. A user interface allows a scheduler to interact with the decision support tool during the DFS generation process. Furthermore, the decision support tool provides the capability to produce a weekly schedule for short-term planning purposes as well as the entire flight training program schedule for long- term planning purposes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 26, 2003
Accession Number
ADA415710

Entities

People

  • Davut Aslan

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Flight Training
  • Gantt Charts
  • Integer Programming
  • Mathematical Models
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Operating Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Programming Languages
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Students
  • Training
  • Word Processors

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  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design